FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 7, 2013 – Air Force Airman Andrew R. Singh has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, fitness and warfare skills. Airman Singh is the son of Laura and [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – Find out how to become an advocate for an abused or neglected child in foster care. Check out CASA by visiting www.yolocasa.org, emailing karenb@yolocasa.org or calling (530) 661-4200. Training for new volunteers begins Aug. 21. Copyright News-Ledger 2013

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 7, 2013 – BY BETH GABOR COUNTY OF YOLO Although the long, warm days of summer are still upon us, the time is ripe for parents to prepare their youngsters for the first day of school. For most Yolo County children, the big day is just weeks away. On that [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — AUG. 7, 2013 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor The Yolo County Fair starts Aug. 14, and West Sacramento native Marty DeAnda is on a mission. The sometime music-promoter and artist manager wants to upgrade the fair’s entertainment quotient, and he wants more West Sacramento musicians upon the fair’s various stages. Those goals [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 7, 2013 – West Sacramento officials on Thursday will celebrate the groundbreaking of a 272-unit “infill” housing project near West Capitol Avenue, Raley Field and the ziggurat building. Mayor Christopher Cabaldon will join the Wolff Company development team and architect David Mogavero for an 11:30 a.m. ceremony at 777 5th Street. [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – The annual block party and anti-crime rally is planned for tonight, Aug. 6. Local residents are encouraged to leave their outdoor lights on, go outside and network with their neighbors in this local edition of the “National Night Out” event. West Sacramento police, costumed mascots, members of the military and others [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — JULY 31, 2013 – R&D firm will take place of Affymetrix — which left West Sacto for Asia By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor A Davis agricultural research and development operation will move to West Sacramento next year in order to expand. Bayer CropScience, a division of Bayer AG of Germany, has acquired a [...]

We used to live behind these ponds. When they were drained and graded there were hundreds of shad in them. My understanding is that they ARE linked to the deep water channel directly and serve as an outlet to the channel when rain fall is too high. I could be wrong, but that is what the construction guys told me. I have caught bass, catfish, shad and bluegil […]